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ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions
Synonyms:
black locust; Robinia pseudoacacia; yellow locust
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Robinia pseudoacacia" is a kind of...):
locust; locust tree (any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae)
Meronyms (substance of "Robinia pseudoacacia"):
black locust (strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay)
Holonyms ("Robinia pseudoacacia" is a member of...):
genus Robinia; Robinia (deciduous flowering trees and shrubs)
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